Beyond the World of Lecture, IWCA 2023
Developing Activity Based Learning for Training Purposes
Activity-based learning has roots in many modern pedagogical theories, from John Dewey to David Kolb (even going all the way back to Aristotle in the 3rd Century BCE), and lay forth the groundwork for bringing in multimodal options into learning environments.
There are many different approaches to developing activity-based programming, and it doesn't all have to be from your own creativity; there are countless activities already created that you can take and adapt for your own use. For example, the activity depicted on the left was originally published on the CDC's website, outlining the "Wright Family" activity, but it has now been adjusted for alternative, writing center focused learning outcomes.
The most important question that has to be asked when developing or adapting is what the desired learning outcome is for the participants to walk away with. There are a large number of activities available to use for free, it just takes a little brainstorming to find the elements of the activity that can then serve your participants in the way that you want it to. Here is a short list of easily findable activities that I have used for activity-based learning:
- Circle the Circle Game
- A Wright Family Vacation
- Human Knot
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